Electric-lighting device.



No. 851,403. PATENTED APR. 2s, i907. A. M. CORNELIUS L W. V. GHAMPLIN.

ELECTRIC LIGHTING DEVICE.

APPLICATION FILED JAN.12,1907.

A rable 'and effective in operation, and so made,

UNITED STATES PATENT oEErcE.

ANTONE M. CORNELIUS, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, AND WILLOUGHBY V. CHAMPLIN, l OF ROCHESTER, NEW YORK, ASSIGNORS TO ABET MANUFACTURING COMPANY, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, A' CORPORA- TION OF ILLINOIS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented April 23, 1907.

Application filed January l2, 1907. Serial No. 352,008.

To all whom it may-concern;

Be it known that we, ANTONE M. Con- NELrUs and WILLOUGEBY V. CHAMPLIN, citizens of the United States, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illi- `noisfand Rochester, in thecounty of Monroe ,case of repairs or adjustment of its parts, and

to enable a smokerto light a cigar while the automobile is in rapid motionor otherwise, yet it is applicable for use as a cigar lighter on the counters of cigar stores or other places, and as a portable electric lamp to be used for any desired purpose and in any suitable connection; and it consistsin certain peculiarities of the construction, novel arrangement, and operation of the various parts thereof, as will be hereinafter more fully set forth and specifically claimed.

The principal object of our invention is to 'provide al ,device which can 1be readily converted from an electric lamp into a cigar lighter, or vice versa, which shall be simple and inexpensive Ain construction, strong, du-

that its 'parts ma b'e readily assembled for use either as an illuminant or lamp, or as an igniting device for cigars andthe like.

Other objects and advantages of the invention will be disclosed in the subjoined descriptionv and explanation.

In order to enable others skilled in the artI to which our invention pertains, to make and use the same, we will now proceed to describe it, referring to the accompanying drawmg, 1n wh1ch Figure 1 is a perspective view of a lighting device embodying our invention, showin its parts arranged for use as ac' ar lighter. 2 is a greatly enlarged `axia sectional view through the front portion of the device.

Fig. 3 is a cross-sectional view taken on line 3 8 of Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is a similar 'view taken on line 4 4 of Fig. 2 and Fig. 5 is a view in side elevation of the front portion of the device, showing an electric lamp provided with a reiector connected thereto.

Like numerals of reference, refer to corresponding parts throughout the different views of the drawing.

The reference numeral 10 designates the body or hand piece of the lighting device, which may be made of any suitable size, forni and material, but preferably cylindrical in shape and of wood or hard rubber. body or hand piece is provided-with a longitudinal bore 11, which is divided near its front end by means of a transverse partition 12, thus forming two compartments 13 and 14 of the bore for the reception and operation of the various parts of the device, as will be hereinafter explained. Located in the compartment 14 of the bore 1l is an internal scre`w-threaded metallic socket 15 which rests at its inner end on a suitable block or plug 16 interposed between said socketand the front surface of the partition 12, as is clearly shown in Fig. 2 of the drawing. This plug and the partition 12 are apertured for the reception of a terminal 17, to one end of which is connected one of the conductors 1S which are extended through the rear end oi the hand piece 10 forwardly, and are connected at their other ends to a battery or other source of electric supply. The other conductor 18 is also extended through suitable openings in the partition 12 and block or plug 16 so as to contact or be electrically connected at its front end with the metallic socket 15, as is clearly shown in Fig. 2 ofthe drawing.

Located in t'he socket 15 is a stem or stub shaft of a removable vcup 19, which is provided in its wall with a push-buttonv 2() to co- `act with a contaclr spring 21 which is located in the cup, as'shOW-n in Figs. 2 and 4 of the drawing. The stem of the cu 19 consists of an externally screw-threade metallic portion` 22, Which is hollow and of' suitable length to extend near the bottom of the socket 15 when screwed therein, and of insulating material 23, such as fiber, which yis in- This terpos'ed between the ,screw-threaded ex- Atubular metallic portion surrounding said removable cup having a stem/consisting of a socketed central rod or piece adapted to contact with said terminal, insulating material surrounding said vrod and a screw-threaded insulating material and adapted to engage said first-named socket, a contact spring located in said cup, a pushbutton extended through the wall of the .cup to co-act With said spring, an igniter-carrying-cup removably located in the irstnamed cup and havi ing means centrally located therein to engage the socket of the stem of the first-named cup, a post located in the igniter-cup near the aforesaid contact spring, an igniting Wire sel cured at one of its ends to said post and electrically connected at its other end to said centrally located means, and a perforated disk of mica located and supportedexten nally ofsaid Wire.

3. In an electric lighting device, the combination with a hollow hand-piece, of a metallic socket and a terminal located in one end thereof, conductors extending into the handpiece and electrically connected at one of their ends to said terminal and socket and in communication with an electric supply, a re` movable cup having a stem consisting of a socketed central rod or piece adapted to contact With said terminal, insulating material surrounding said rod and a screw-threaded tubular `-1netallic portion surrounding said insulating material and adapted to engage said first-named socket, a contact spring located in said cup, a push-button extended through the Wall of the cup to coact with said spring, an igniter-carrying-cupremovably located in the lirst-named cup and having means centrally located therein to engage the socket ofthe stem of the first-named cup,

a post located in the igniter-cup near the aforesaid contact spring, an igniting Wire secured at one of its ends to said post and electrically connected at its other end tosaid centrally located'means, a perforated disk of mica located and supported externally of hand piece and electricallyY connected at one of their ends to said terminal and socket and in communication with an electric supply, a removable cup having a stein consisting of a socketed central rod or piece adapted to con tact With said terminal, insulating material surrounding said rod and a screw-threaded y tubular metallic portion surrounding said insulating material and adapted to engage said first-named socket, a contact spring located in said cup, a push-button extended pthrough the Wall of: the cup to co-act with said spring, anigniter-carrying-cup having a bottom and Wall of lavite located in the irstnamed cup and provided with means centrally located therein to engage the socket in the stem of the first-named cup, radially disposed ribs in said la'vite portion, a post located in the bottom of .the igniter-cup near the aforesaid contact spring, and a Wire secured at one of its ends to said post and electrically connected at its other end tosaid centrally located means.

. ANTONE M. CORNELIUS.

W ILLOU GHBY V. UHAMPLIN. Witnesses CHAs. C. TILLMAN, M. A. NYMAN. 

